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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1042 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4647 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #700 / 1276
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18798 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1663 / 3880
  • Number of attempts: 3
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case - 1240 entries

Convert strings in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to Title Case. Examples: EMPLOYEE_NAME -> Employee Name REVENUE_YEAR_TO_DATE -> Revenue Year To Date SALARY -> Salary

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #222 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1997 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #254 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #1453 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 2
From argument to object - 1524 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #215 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #312 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 6
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #191 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 5
Start coding format - 155 entries

I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #34 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2288 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flatten repo - 30 entries

For each git repository (<project> tag) translate name attribute to flatten directory structure. Add path attribute if missing (because checkout hierarchy must be kept). #xml

  • Best score: 43
  • Best player score: 96
  • Position: #12 / 12
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #756 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 5
Paragraph breaks - 527 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #91 / 168
  • Number of attempts: 3
Hello ${world} - 327 entries

Migrate a JavaScript String from concatenation to ES6 interpolation.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #65 / 98
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #251 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1303 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2145 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1569 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 4
Igor Czerwinski
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Frontend developer at @fundingcircle. Ex-@lastfm. Interested in functional JavaScript, web a11y and bad action movies.

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